Boy Three has had a ball, first with his cousins, then with his friend C. Now we travelled from here to London to see C and her parents R and J. Quite a long way. R is a school friend of the Panther from their, allegedly, bad old days in Yorkshire. C kindly asked […]
Are community-based cooperatives the future for newspapers?
Newspapers are all wallowing in Shit Creek and Paddles R Us has gone out of business. The Internet has murdered print media, punters read it on the phone and advertisers no longer see the point. Right?Not exactly. Not according to Carnegie UK Trust and Co-operatives UK.This week they ran a meeting designed ultimately to inspire […]
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Is the tits off page three campaign a bust?
Observations from a former tabloid journalist who has breasts. There’s a new campaign to get the tits off page three of The Sun, details of it have crossed my desk several times in the past couple of days. It’s nothing new, the arguments have trundled on since the first time The Sun showed a picture […]
The Olympics – a golden signpost to change
My adorable nephew shows his colours I was at the office of a Sunday newspaper yesterday, putting in my occasional appearance as a subeditor when something odd happened. We had, as most papers do today, several spreads about the Olympics – about the closing festival high jinks, about glory and courage. So far so uplifting […]